A/N YES! Finally! Chapter 8! WOOHOO! Well, I already have the beginning of this written, YAY FOR ENGLISH BINDERS, thanks to boredom in science, health, and I. O. P. (um yeah. I forget what it stands for).

Also, I didn't end up shipping my computer far, far away! Instead we called the peoples and everything's fixed! After a bazillion months of HAVING the new CD/ROM drive we finally called to figure out how to put it in and then we were connected to this TOTALLY awesome and SUPER NICE lady who helped me get my computer to restart faster (THANK GOD!) and to get the printer to work. Now I have this 4in1 printer scanner thing and yeah. I already went on a scanning spree –sweat drops- and there's bunches more to scan, too…-laughs nervously-

ENOUGH YACKING FROM ME! Here's your chapter!

Chapter Dedication: Wow…I don't really have anyone in mind, so um…I guess this'll stay blank until someone gives me a reason to put 'em here, eh?

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Me: -shakes head- No! I already KNOW how to review. Duh, hel-lo, remember, I'm the one that leaves five-page reviews!

Emily: …oh yeah!

Me: -bangs head against wall- ACK! Headache!

Emily: Oh, shuddup! –turns to readers- by the way, since Erika has a headache and doesn't feel like saying this, she doesn't own anything. We all know that, but still. It needs to be said.

Me: -takes 20 aspirin- Okay, I'm better! Back to writing and keeping my Dummies book from Em!

Emily: -chases-

"Mama…" Kagome's eyes fluttered awake at the sound of her son. "Mm, yeah?"

As she sat up Shippou replied, "You should go back to your room. Students might be getting up soon."

Kagome nodded, "I'll see you later, 'kay?" Her adoptive son nodded back, and after a quick hug and kiss she was gone. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher sighed, "Mama…I hope you're truly okay,"

As Kagome walked into the bedroom the first thing she heard was the shout of someone calling her name. Looking at Hermione, the miko sighed, "Yes, Hermione?"

"Where were you last night?!" The young witch continued exclaiming, although her voice lowered slightly in volume.

Kagome shook her head, "I can't tell you that."

Hermione let out a frustrated sigh, "Then what am I supposed to think? You're not even wearing your original clothes!"

Startled by that, Kagome looked down at her clothes and realized her friend was right. When she stayed the night with Shippou, he gave her one of his haori's to wear and sleep in. "Yes…that's true,"

Hermione sat down on her bed in a frustrated manner, "Fine, I trust you Kagome. You're just in such a vulnerable state, I'd hate for anything to happen to you."

Kagome nodded, but couldn't help smiling as she thought what Snape and Shippou both would do if something were to happen to her. "C'mon," the miko looked at Hermione, "we should get ready." Kagome nodded again, and the two began their daily ritual.

"So, how loud do you think Hermione's going to be when she sees Kagome?" The dark haired boy asked his best friend.

"Probably—" Ron was cut off, however, as they heard a shout of "Kagome!" and their question was answered. "Well, that answers that." Ron concluded heading over to the showers to get ready. Harry only followed and did the same, chuckling slightly at Hermione's loud outburst.

"Good morning, Kagome," Harry smiled, glad to see the girl looking as though she were alright. Emotionally, that is.

"Good morning, Harry, Ron," Kagome replied to the boys as she sat across from the two at the Gryffindor table.

"So, where were you last night?" Harry asked as they all piled bits of food onto their plates; the boys more so than the girls.

Hermione only shook her head, "She isn't gonna tell you guys. She won't even tell me."

Harry starred, puzzled, now incredibly curious so as to what Kagome had gone and done. At his expression, Kagome spoke to them all, "No worries, guys. It wasn't anything bad, I promise you." They all nodded, trusting her word for the time being.

Breakfast went on pretty well the rest of the morning; there was nothing unusual, really. It wasn't until they had realized that they were going to be late for Potions if the four of 'em didn't leave soon did Kagome look up at the staff table and see no one was there.

"Hey, where're the teachers all at?" she turned towards her friends and asked.

They too were puzzled, and while the boys shrugged, Hermione answered, although unsure of herself, "Maybe they're already at their respective classes." Kagome nodded, and the four began walking through the school to the dungeons.

"Class dismissed." The man known as Severus Snapes' voice rang out in the stone-cold room. There was noise of students 'packing up' and leaving, and because of this, most missed the look their teacher gave to the new student from Japan.

Sighing, Kagome told her friends she'd be on her way to Transfiguration in a few moments. Once they were gone, she continued to walk up to where her Uncle was standing. "Yes, Sevvy?"

Severus' eyes starred at Kagome, sadness radiating in them. "I heard what happened last night, this morning."

His niece's eyes widened a moment, but then her mind came to the conclusion there was must have been a staff-meeting of sorts. "So all the teachers know?"

Snape nodded, but then sent Kagome a quizzical expression, "But what we were told was very vague. I figure there are more complicated details, and I'd like it if you came down to explain it more so to me during your first free period."

Kagome nodded as her Uncle spoke some more, having seen her face turn sad at the idea of having to elaborate on the subject. She wasn't one for showing sadness a lot, that part of her training had stayed in her mind from the Feudal Era the most. "Of course, only if you feel you can talk about it."

The young miko nodded, and proceeded to gathered up her own books, leaving the room to go to her Head of House's class, and then back to talk to Severus.

"Hey, Kagome, where're you going?" Harry asked as they all headed for the Gryffindor Common Room, but Kagome began to walk away, towards the dungeons.

"I need to go talk to Professor Snape about some stuff," She replied before walking away, her walk soon turning into a jog the further down the hall she went.

Reaching the room, she knocked on the door. "Come in." Her Uncle's voice filled the room. When he saw Kagome, he smiled, and motioned for her to sit in one of the chairs. Taking a seat, Kagome looked at her Uncle, as he too walked over and sat, in the chair accompanying her own.

Leaning against the table, Kagome sighed, "What exactly did you all find out?"

"Albus explained to all of us that the letter you received last night was from your mother, informing you that two of your friends were severely wounded, and two others had died; as well, that they were like your second family, and thus the pain hit you deeply." Severus explained.

Kagome nodded, "The two that were wounded were Inuyasha and Shippou, and the two that in which died were Sango and Miroku." Just saying their names, Kagome had begun to tear up.

Severus reached over and pulled his niece into a hug, and while he was comforting her, he reached his one hand into his pocket, pulling out his wand, and pointing to his desk, mumbling, "Accio Tissues,"

Kagome let out a laugh, and as soon as the tissues were next to them, took one, dabbing at her eyes. "Thanks," she murmured, leaning back into her Uncle's hug.

As he held Kagome, Severus couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She had to deal with death at a young age, and even now as she's older it's still around her. If I could do something to cease this pain she has, he thought, my life just might take a turn for the better.

And so the two sat like that, one crying, the other soothing, for the entire period. They probably would have sat longer like that, if the two didn't begin to hear movement in the halls. The two stood, and Severus spoke, "Time for lunch," in a kind of sing-song-y voice, causing his niece to giggle softly.

"C'mon," As they walked towards the door, Severus put an arm around Kagome's shoulder, "Everything's going to be fine, I promise" he said softly, yet strongly.

Kagome nodded, smiling, wishing she and her beloved Uncle could stay like this forever, and that time didn't have to go by. Of course, that wouldn't be able to happen, for other people would stare and questions would arise about the two's relationship. Kagome sighed mentally, giving her Uncle a hug just as he was opening the door, the two no longer able to hold the other.

Severus lifted his chin slightly to his brother's daughter as an acknowledgement, walking in a different direction as they both saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione approaching. "Hey guys," Kagome greeted, smiling softly.

"Hey," Harry greeted, and the two turned away to head to lunch. Once again, Kagome sighed mentally, thinking; Life is never going to be fair to me, is it? At the answer her mind provided, she sighed in real life.

"Hey, what's wrong, Kagome?" Ron asked. The girl in question only shook her head, not wanting to burden her new friends more so than she had already done. Still not completely convinced, he edged on further, "You sure?"

"Mhm," Kagome murmured slightly, still slightly out of it. Although she said all was good, her friends knew otherwise. Her eyes were puffy, and looked rather weary. As well, her hair wasn't as sleek as usual; its natural shine seemed to be muffled, in a sense. All the three could do though, was wait for Kagome to come to them, if she ever did. It was her problem, they respected that, and from just the short time they'd been around her, all three Gryffindor's realized she didn't quite like giving somebody else one her problems to worry about.

"Hey, what's taking you guys?" Kagome turned around slightly, to see her friends had slowed their pace.

"Nothing, Kagome," Hermione replied as they caught up, heading to the Great Hall.

"Now where are you doing?" Ron asked.

Kagome smiled, "Oh, no where." Ron smiled, glad that she wasn't going to go anywhere. Just as he was about to turn to Harry, he heard her walk away. "Hey! Kagome!"

Harry and Hermione laughed as they watched Ron's eye shift all around the room, trying to spot the miko, laughing even more so when they saw Ron's expression when the red-haired Gryffindor spotted Kagome jogging away, also laughing.

"Yeah, okay, you guys just laugh," Ron pouted, slightly, causing the two to continue laughing even harder.

Kagome smiled widely, even once she was down another hallway away from her friends. Laughing slightly to herself, she came upon the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and knocked on it. "Come in!" And with that she walked in, still smiling.

What she didn't expect though was to see Draco standing there, talking to her son. "Malfoy." She almost spat the word out, just as Draco just turned and glared at her.

"Go ahead Draco, if you have any more questions you can come see me tomorrow," Shippou said to his student, than turning to Kagome as said student left. "What is it that you wanted, Mama?"

Kagome, instead of grinning, was now grimacing, "Just came by to say hi." At her grimace, Shippou walked over, and she turned away.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked as he leaned over, pulling his adoptive-mother into a hug from behind. She shrugged, "Nothing."

Turning Kagome around to face him, Shippou frowned slightly, "You're lying." Kagome still didn't answer, and so Shippou sighed. "You know, I can't help if you don't tell me."

"Nothing wrong," Kagome shook her head, "I really did come to say hi. Just…"

"Just, what?"

"Well, Draco saw me come in here. And it's obvious I didn't have class with you today, and now he's probably plotting something against me using the new information." At Shippou's confusion, she added, "Every since the train ride here he's kind of hated me."

"Ah," The kitsune nodded, with a chuckle, "what'd you do to him,"

Kagome smiled slightly, "Oh, nothing…"

"Uh-huh, sure," Shippou said, his tone clearly showing that he didn't believe her.

"C'mon! I mean it!" Shippou still shook his head. Sighing in defeat, Kagome laughed, "Fine, I did something." He quirked an eyebrow in question, "Just a slight…push, per say."

Shippou laughed, "Should have known, I swear you've spent way too much time around Inuyasha,"

Kagome starred at her son, "Excuse me, this coming from the boy who hung out almost every second of the day with Miroku?"

"Okay, you have a point there," He trailed off, "And hey! I'm not a boy anymore," Shippou puffed his chest out, a stoic look on his face, "I'm a man."

As soon as Kagome began laughing, he did too, "Uh-huh, you say that now. Just wait until I bring up the subject of grandchildren," Kagome changed her voice to a lower octave, as well as her expression, "I'm not manly enough for children! I'm still a boy!"

Laughing, he responded, "I don't sound like that!" Kagome shook her head, "Yes you do."

"No I don't."

"Yes, you do."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"What are we arguing about again?" Shippou starred at his mother, and burst out laughing. "Hey! Don't laugh at me like that!" Of course, like any son, Shippou continued laughing, while his mother just glared. "Fine, be like that." And thus, began walking away.

"Hey! Mama! Hold on!" Ignoring his please, Kagome walked away, smiling widely at what had just happened, and headed up to the Gryffindor common room for the rest of her free period.

A/N Okay, this chapter was kind of just dragged along. I really didn't know what to do with it, and I felt you all deserved a new chapter since I haven't updated since October…

OMG THAT is A LONG TIME!

Wow. Just…wow. Anyhow, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and the humor, I hope it was enough to make you all happy!

Oh yeah, I finally learned where all these chapters' length has gone…TO ME OTHER CROSSOVER! (Ouran/Inuyasha: Untitled For Now) Took me a while to figure it out, but I finally did!

OH yeah, Accio Tissues is an inside joke between one of my friends, and although he hates fanfiction, I'm making him read that part. LOL. I hope you like the little fight between Shippou and Kagome, as well as the little sentimental moment between Sevvy and Kagome : )

Well, enough yacking from me!

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Word Count: 2,123 YIPPEE IT'S GETTING LONG AGAIN…ish. :P